Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School

School overview

Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School is a primary school serving Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 169 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 85% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 22.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 6% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 35 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.72 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. There are about 16.2 pupils per teacher. Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.